Iron Dome anti-rocket battery positioned in mountains close to where
Grad rocket remnants were found on Friday • Rocket fire into Israel
from Sinai has become an increasingly common phenomenon in recent
years.

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The Israel Defense Forces deployed an Iron Dome rocket interceptor
battery in the mountains near Eilat, less than a week after two Grad
rockets were fired from the Sinai Peninsula into the southern Israeli
city of Eilat.

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The Iron Dome battery was positioned not far from where Grad rocket
remnants were found on Friday. On Wednesday night, two explosions
shook parts of Eilat, startling residents, but causing no injuries or
damage. The explosions were not heard in the resort city´s main
tourist areas.

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Rocket fire from Sinai aimed at the Eilat region has become an
increasingly common phenomenon in recent years. Before last week, the
most recent incident had taken place in mid-June when two Grad
rockets exploded near Mitzpe Ramon and Ovda. Islamic terrorist
operatives in Sinai are suspected of being responsible for these
rocket attacks.

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Israel´s border with Egypt has become more volatile since Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February 2011. Islamic
terrorist operatives have carried out a number of cross-border
attacks over the past year and a half.

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In August 2011, eight Israelis were killed in a multipronged attack
on Route 12 north of Eilat. In June 2012, an Israeli contractor
working on the fence being constructed on the Israel-Egypt border was
killed in an attack by terrorists who crossed into Israel from Sinai.
More recently, on August 5, a group of terrorists killed 16 Egyptian
soldiers in Rafah and breached the Israeli border with a stolen
armored personnel carrier before being killed by the IDF.

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The Iron Dome system was designed to intercept short-range rockets
headed toward populated areas in mid-air. It was first operationally
deployed by the IDF in April 2011 and has successfully intercepted
dozens of rockets fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip.